Sagadahoc County, Maine

• Talent advantage: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment exceeds the national average by 8.5 pts, supports knowledge-economy and tech attraction.
• Aging population: Median age of 47 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest sector: Retail Trade employs 1,895 workers (25.6% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $38,856.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $3.1B (2024).
• Wage stratification: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services averages $93,102 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $31,319, a 3.0x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction concentrates at 3.75x the national norm, strong concentration that anchors the local economy and supports supply-chain attraction strategy.
• Cluster depth: 6 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.
• Attraction whitespace: 7 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.8x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 77.8% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 14.5% vacancy rate. In resort, rural, and seasonal markets much of this is recreational/seasonal (second homes), not available supply; confirm the vacancy-by-reason split before treating it as a redevelopment opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 4 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom tiers sit below the 30%-of-median-income affordability threshold (~$2,195/mo).

• Succession risk is real: 27.1% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Talent pipeline: 6 regional institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 5,859 annual credentials.

Sagadahoc County shows meaningful potential for heavy and civil engineering construction attraction, with a 3.75x concentration and 485 jobs in this sub-sector. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 27.1% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The interconnected base across heavy and civil engineering construction, , and gasoline stations and fuel dealers creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.